Container



UNITED stares rare CGNTAINER Benjamin M. Williams, St. Louis, Mo., assigngn to Gaylord Container Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Maryland Application August 2, i937, Serial No. 156,900

2 Claims. (Cl. 229-43) My invention relates to containers, particularly lng ribs d of the body member engaging the corto containers made of paper, berboard or the ners of the collar panels t, a space lll is left belike and having six or more sides. The invention tween the panels 2 of the body member and the has as its principal object a container of this type panels 8 of the collar member.

which is quite strong and which is adapted to The bottom of the container is covered by a contain a heavy shiftable lading. Other objects closure sheet it having triangular 'tabs i2 deand advantages appear hereinafter. ined by creases i3 or score lines. These ltri- 'Ihe invention consists principally in a conangular tabs i2 extend into the spaces il) between tainer having a collar member at the end of the the body panels 2 and the collar panels a. The

' 10 container body, a closure sheet covering the end bottom collar 'l has flaps Ml of segmental shape 10 of the body and having aps projecting into the defined by. creases i5 or score lines. These flaps spaces between the body panels and the panels ld are folded over against the bottom closure of the end closure member, said collar member sheet H. v l or said body having flaps folded over against the The bottom collar l` and the body member i closure sheet and adhesively secured thereto. may be secured together in any suitable way, as 15 The invention further consists in laying out the by staples la. The segmental flaps it of the blanks for the several parts in such a way that a bottom collar may be secured to the bottom maximum number of the creases constituting Closure sheetll as by staples Il, or by stitching. divisions between parts extend crosswise of the Staples it or stitching may 'lkcWiSc extend go grain or fiber of the material, thereby increasing through the body panels .2, the collar panels il the strength of the structure. The invention and the tabs i2 of the closure sheet il.

further consists in the container and in the parts The top closure member is the same in conand combinations and arrangements of parts struction as the bottom closure member includhereinafter described and claimed. ing a collar 2d telescoping over the container body In the accompanying drawing, i and having segmental .naps 2l and a top clo- 25 Fie. 1 is an elevation of a container embodying sure sheet 22 ntting over the top of the body and my invention, the closure member at one end of having triangular tabs 23 extending into the the container beine shown in section, spaces lo between the body panels. 2 and the top Fig. 2 is a top plan view, collar panels 2d. The top collar 2i] may be se- Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 in cured to the body i by means of staples 25. After 30 Fg- 1, the body of the container or keg has been lled, Fig. 4' is a side view of the telescope or cap the container being particularly intended and portion of one end closure member, adapted for nails, bolts, nuts and other heavy Fig. 5 is a side view 0f one end Closure sheet; shiftable lading, the top closure sheet 22 is poand sitioned with its tabs 23 between the body panels 35 Fig. 6 iS a View Similar` t0 Fg- 1 Of a InOdica- 2 and the top collar panels 24, after which the tion. t segmental flaps 2i of the collar are folded over The COHtalncr body 1S made 0f papel', flbelagainst the top closure sheet 22 and adhesively board or other suitable material, preferably of a secured thereto, as shown at 26.

laminated 0r multi-ply papel matefial- The The arrangement of the grain or fibers in the 40 body iS divided ntc panels 2 by means 0f cIcaScS material from which the several parts are made is 3 0r Scores extending longitudinally ofthe body. selected so as to obtain the maximum strength, Preferably these dividing creases 3 are in the bearing in mind the fact that score or crease tOrIn 0f fairly Wide Channels that are Outstandlines extending along the grain or fiber lines of lng t0 DIOducc longltlldinal ribs 4 alOng the paper or the like weaken the material much more 45 meeting edges 0f the Outer faces 0f adjacent than such score lines extending across the flow panels L- The body may be made from e nat of the grain or fiber. In the container body, the blank and the overlapping edges 5 of the material grain or fiber iiow is circumferentially of the body secured together by staples 6 or otherwise. as indicated by the lines 30, so that the longitudi- The bottom closure member of Figs. 1 to 5 innal scoring of the body flange extends crosswise 50 cludes a collar 1 having panels 8 corresponding of the grain ow. In the top collar 20 and the to the panels 2 of the body and fitting over the bottom collar l, the important consideration is a lower portion of the body I.` The collar 1 is prostrong connection between the segmental flaps vided with Wide creases 9 along the meeting edges and the panels. In the collars the grain flow is of adjacent panels 8. By reason of the outstandlongitudinally of the body I, as indicated by the 55 lines 3l, that is the grain ow is at right angles to the grain flow of the body member I. This minimizes the weaking effect of the score lines that define the segmental flaps. In the top and bottom collars, the longitudinal creases 9 between panels need not be so deep as in the case of the body, so that there is no serious weakening of the top and bottom collars by reason of the longitudinal score lines;

The end closure sheets Il and 22 may be made of corrugated paperboard instead of the plain multi-ply paper construction of the other parts. In only two of the triangular tabs of the closure sheets II and 22 do the score lines extend along fiber lines 32, all other scores extending across ber lines.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the collars 40 are mounted inside the body, the segmental securing aps 4| being provided on the ends oi the body panels 2a. The end closure members 42 are mounted in the ends of the body, with their triangular tabs 43 disposed between the collar panels and the body panels. The segmental flaps 4I are folded over against the end closure members 42 and adhesively secured thereto. The collars 40 may be secured inside the body in any suitable way, as by an adhesive or by staples 44.

The above describedcontainer construction obtains the maximum strength from material of the kind described. The parts of the container are easily assembled and the filled container Will withstand very severe handling, even though filled with heavy shiftable lading.

Obviously the body may have fewer or more sides than the eight shown in the drawing and numerous changes in the details of construction and proportions of parts may be made without departing from the invention so that I do not wish to be limited to the precise constructio shown.

What I claim is:

1. A multi-sided container comprising a body member having a multiplicity of longitudinal creases dividing said body into panels, a collar mounted on the end of said body, said collar having panels corresponding to said body panels, and a polygonal closure sheet having tabs projecting from the sides thereof andinserted between panels of said body memberand said collar, said collar having flaps folded over against said closure sheet and substantially covering it.

2. A multi-sided container comprising a body member having a multiplicity of longitudinal creases dividing said body into panels, a collar mounted on the end of said body, said collar having panels corresponding to said body panels, and a polygonal closure sheet having tabs projecting from the si es thereof and inserted between panels of said body member and said collar, said collar having flaps folded over against said closure sheet and adhesively secured thereto said flaps covering substantially all of said closure sheet.

BENJAMIN M. WILLIAMS. 

